Microsatellite instability at Southern Ocean Medical Center

1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Sep 4, 2026

$348.56

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,327.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$76.80 with HORIZON vs $1,597.22 with CIGNA — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $76.80 ↓ -78%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $142.08 ↓ -59%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $348.56 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $348.56 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $348.56 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $348.56 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $348.56 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $348.56 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $365.99 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $379.93 ↑ +9%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $415.49 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $418.27 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $454.00 ↑ +30%
HORIZON PIP $499.97 ↑ +43%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $516.02 ↑ +48%
HORIZON OMNIA $554.57 ↑ +59%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $576.00 ↑ +65%
AETNA ASA $601.34 ↑ +73%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $614.40 ↑ +76%
CIGNA BH $614.40 ↑ +76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $620.61 ↑ +78%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $652.80 ↑ +87%
AETNA HMO $654.34 ↑ +88%
AETNA PPO $654.34 ↑ +88%
HORIZON SHP $659.25 ↑ +89%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $666.93 ↑ +91%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $683.52 ↑ +96%
HORIZON HMO $683.98 ↑ +96%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $697.34 ↑ +100%
QUALCARE PPO $697.34 ↑ +100%
QUALCARE HMO $697.34 ↑ +100%
HORIZON PPO $702.11 ↑ +101%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $715.42 ↑ +105%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $755.40 ↑ +117%
CIGNA HMO $1,597.22 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $1,597.22 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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